Researchers at the University’s Medical School who have published their findings in the journal Nature Communications looked at how immune system cells, which are essential to fighting infection and preventing diseases like cancer, use their metabolic pathways when they are activated in the laboratory.
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Low Oxygen Levels Could Temporarily Blind Marine Invertebrates
Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego have found that low oxygen levels in seawater could blind some marine invertebrates.
Cornell Scientists Discover New Antibiotic Resistance Gene
While sifting through the bacterial genome of salmonella, Cornell food scientists discovered mcr-9, a new, stealthy jumping gene so diabolical and robust that it resists one of the world’s few last-resort antibiotics.
Teaching CRISPR And Antibiotic Resistance to High School Students
How can high school students learn about a technology as complex and abstract as CRISPR? It’s simple: just add water.
Can a Drone Reveal the Murky Secrets of San Francisco Bay?
Environmental scientists can tell a lot about the health of rivers, bays, wetlands and other waterways by studying the flow of sediments suspended in the water, and from the mud that forms when these sediments settle to the bottom.
Shale-Development Ban in Mexico Could Have ‘Adverse Consequences,’ Experts Say
Newly inaugurated Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has repeatedly declared — as he did when he was a candidate — that fracking would be banned during his tenure.
